I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.Quote by Sean Connery
Make it possible for programmers to write programs in English, and you will find that programmers can not write in English.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.Quote by Lynn Abbey about language, end, time
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.Quote by F. Murray Abraham about language, day, actors, man
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.Quote by Walter Bagehot about soul, secret, death, real estate
It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about vice, doubt
The English in India used to hire tribal girls as nannies, and they would bond very deeply with their little white charges.Quote by Julie Christie
I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.Quote by Catherine Deneuve about actors, law, film, being, love
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.Quote by Winston Churchill about advice, country, fire, fire brigade, world
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.Quote by Charles Dickens about principle, law, affair
I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.Quote by Sean Connery about wife, chance
I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.Quote by Sean Connery about wife
These Scottish MPs in London sound English. Anybody who has a Scottish accent is made aware of it instead of it being perfectly acceptable.Quote by Sean Connery about being
In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me.Quote by Colin Firth
The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.Quote by Colin Firth about nation, people, word, country
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.Quote by Katharine Hepburn about ambition, celebrity, americans, film